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ӣммель

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Kildin Sami

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Finnic language, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *jumala. Compare Northern Sami ipmil and Finnish jumala.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ӣммель (jimmjel’)

  1. god
    Antonym: чиррм (čirrm)

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “jimmel̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 79
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[2], Русский язык, page 91